One of my husband’s friends is in the Canadian Forces. One time he was leading a convoy to California for desert training and they got stopped for one of these nowhere-near-the-border checkpoints.
He was in a Canadian uniform, in a Canadian military vehicle, flying a Canadian flag, with about 300 Canadian soldiers behind him and they asked him if he was a US citizen.
He asked if they’re always so polite to invading armies and getting no answer from the dumbfounded BP he ordered the column to drive on.
As idiotic as this sounds, it prevents the argument that the USBP is profiling, ask everyone the same question.
Remember a van load of "marines" was stopped in SoCal and their name tapes were all the same? None knew when the birthday of the USMC was and that's blasphemy to a real Marine.
What was the Canadian military doing here? Did they have orders to allow them here like a joint FTX?
LOL! I love it!
You'd be surprised how polite.
On the east coast, the Germans actually managed to set up a base here in Virginia.
They keep us lulled by offering bratwurst around Christmas.